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Albania

 Subject
Subject Source: Local sources

Found in 49 Collections and/or Records:

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Albania, 1938 - 1943

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NBKR 4/24-25
Scope and Contents From the Fonds:

The papers cover every aspect of Lord Noel-Baker's very full and varied career and include constituency papers, Labour Party material, extensive sections on domestic and international affairs, peace and disarmament, sport, books and articles, speeches and correspondence.

Dates: 1938 - 1943
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: With the exception of two files which are still closed, the collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Albania, 1936-11 - 1948-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/41
Scope and Contents

General papers and correspondence on Albania, including: letters to Sir Andrew Ryan [British Minister in Albania]; notes for an account of British representation in Albania and on the Italian invasion in 1939, including a dispatch from Ryan to the Foreign Office.

Dates: 1936-11 - 1948-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Albania, 1949-05 - 1954-07

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/2/88
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on Albanian affairs, particularly the National Committee for Free Albania and the Albanian Refugee Committee, with correspondents including: John Selwyn Lloyd, Minister of State, Foreign Office (2); [Robert] Anthony Eden, Foreign Secretary [later 1st Lord Avon].

Dates: 1949-05 - 1954-07
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Albania: Hasluck, 1945-09 - 1948-04

 File
Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/43
Scope and Contents

Correspondence on a compensation claim from a Margaret Hasluck for war damage suffered by her property in Albania.

Dates: 1945-09 - 1948-04
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Albania: press cuttings, 1939-04 - 1939-06

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/42
Scope and Contents

Cuttings (mainly Italian), chiefly on Italy’s invasion of Albania in 1939, with some later cuttings on Albania and its neighbouring countries.

Dates: 1939-04 - 1939-06
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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"Approach March": annotated draft of chapter 37, "Raising the Clans", 1967-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/3/42
Scope and Contents

Was previously labelled as "Among the Highland Clans".

Dates: 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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"Approach March": annotated draft of chapter, " Albania and the Greek civil war, 1948-49", 1967-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/3/56
Scope and Contents

Was intended to be chapter 52, but was not included in the published volume.

Dates: 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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"Approach March": annotated draft of chapters 14-15, "Revolt in Albania" and "An Austrian Mission", 1967-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/3/23
Scope and Contents

Was previously labelled as "The Albanian Chapter" and "Austrian might have been".

Dates: 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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"Approach March": annotated draft of chapters 35-36, "The Drop" and "With Abas Kupi", 1967-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/3/41
Scope and Contents

Was previously labelled as "First Albanian Chapter".

Dates: 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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"Approach March": annotated draft of chapters 38-43, "Civil War", "Tirana", "Into Battle", "War on Two Fronts", "Defeat in Victory" and "All Lost Save Honour", 1967-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 8/3/43
Scope and Contents

Was previously labelled as "Second Albanian Chapter". Includes brief notes by JA on his parachute jumps, and copies of telegrams on being slightly wounded and a suggestion that he should become prospective candidate for Preston [Lancashire];

Dates: 1967-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Articles and letters to press, 1990-01 - 1993-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 7/1/76
Scope and Contents Includes correspondence with various newspaper editors and others, including Sir Timothy Bell, Charles Moore, Deputy Editor of the Daily Telegraph and Professor [Ivor] Norman Davies, Advisory Editor of the Companion to the Second World War, on letters and articles by JA on subjects including: Virgin Airlines' libel case against British Airways; the Maastricht Treaty; the war in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia];...
Dates: 1990-01 - 1993-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Correspondence with Abas Kupi, 1945-06 - 1949-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/39
Scope and Contents

Correspondence between JA and the Albanian resistance leader, on subjects including Albanians in exile, JA's memoirs "Sons of the Eagle" and the education of Kupi's son, and also correspondence between Ernest Bevin, Foreign Secretary, 3rd Lord Selborne [earlier Lord Wolmer] and Leo Amery on the possibility of financial assistance for Kupi.

Dates: 1945-06 - 1949-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Correspondence with and about Albanians (except Abas Kupi), 1946 - 1950

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/1/40
Scope and Contents

Subjects include Albanian refugees in Italy and JA's memoirs "Sons of the Eagle".

Dates: 1946 - 1950
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Drawings of ships and harbours

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/SDEE 4/1
Scope and Contents

Comprising pen-and-ink and watercolour sketches.
Including views of Dartmouth; Albania; the Seychelles; Ceylon (Sri Lanka); Aden; India; and Corfu in the Ionian Islands.

Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Foreign affairs: Albania, 1976-12 - 1977-11

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/34
Scope and Contents

Copies of material sent out by King Leka I of Albania on the situation in Albania, including an appeal on behalf of the Military Council for the Liberation of Ethnic Albania, an account of King Leka's arrest in Thailand and press cuttings on Albania.

Dates: 1976-12 - 1977-11
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Foreign affairs: Albania, 1990-02 - 1997-03

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/36
Scope and Contents Correspondence on subjects including the political situation in Albania, a memorial to British war dead, the Anglo-Albanian Association, development of Albanian oil resources and a visit to Albania in 1991 by JA, David Smiley and Alan Hare, with correspondents including: Stephen Nash, Chargé d’Affaires at the British Embassy, Tirana (3); Sali Berisha, President of Albania (4); Douglas Hogg, Minister of State, Foreign Office [later 3rd Lord Hailsham] on subjects including the British...
Dates: 1990-02 - 1997-03
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Foreign affairs: King Leka I of the Albanians, 1978-03 - 1996-02

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 1/10/35
Scope and Contents

Correspondence with and on King Leka on subjects including the political situation in Albania.

Dates: 1978-03 - 1996-02
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Information Papers on Other Countries, 1939-08 - 1945-08

 Sub-Series
Reference Code: GBR/0014/NERI 6/1
Scope and Contents

For broadcasts to Albania, Bulgaria, Denmark, France, Greece, Portugal, Rumania [Romania], Spain, Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]

Dates: 1939-08 - 1945-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Keyes correspondence, 1939-12 - 1943-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/BOWR 1/2
Scope and Contents Letters from Admiral of the Fleet Sir Roger Keyes to Bower on subjects including: concerns expressed by Winston Churchill [First Lord of the Admiralty] about the lack of co-operation between the different Air Forces, Churchill's view on the Admiralty's use of aircraft and a memorandum on the subject by Bower; inaccurate broadcasts; Keyes's attempts to advise Churchill on getting what the Navy required; keeping the Fleet Air Arm free of interference from the RAF. Also includes a...
Dates: 1939-12 - 1943-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The collection is open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge.
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Letters from JA to Leo Amery, 1942-01 - 1948-12

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 3/1/8
Scope and Contents Subjects include: JA's idea for Balkan Federation; JA's frustration with his health and trying to find a new posting; the Cairo Conference, Nov 1943; trying to find a Parliamentary seat in partnership with Randolph Churchill; a visit to King Ibn Saud of Saudi Arabia; the situation in Yugoslavia [later Bosnia and Herzegovina, Croatia, Kosovo, Montenegro, North Macedonia, Serbia, and Slovenia]; joining the British mission in Albania; serving on the staff of General Carton de Wiart, Winston...
Dates: 1942-01 - 1948-12
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Photographs relating to JA's wartime mission in Albania, 1943-10 - 1944-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/15
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of JA himself and his colleagues Alan Hare, [Neil] Billy McLean, Peter Kemp, John Hibberdine and David Smiley.

Dates: 1943-10 - 1944-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Photographs relating to JA's wartime mission in Albania, 1943-10 - 1944-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/16
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of JA himself and his colleagues Alan Hare, [Neil] Billy McLean, Peter Kemp, John Hibberdine and David Smiley.

Dates: 1943-10 - 1944-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Photographs relating to JA's wartime mission in Albania, 1943-10 - 1944-01

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/17
Scope and Contents

Includes photographs of JA himself and his colleagues Alan Hare, [Neil] Billy McLean, Peter Kemp, John Hibberdine and David Smiley.

Dates: 1943-10 - 1944-01
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Photographs relating to JA's wartime mission in Albania, 1943-08 - 1944-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/18
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of JA, on subjects including his Second World War mission to Albania (some used in his book "Sons of the Eagle"), and official visits and ministerial photographs, particularly of JA as Secretary of State for Air, Minister of Aviation and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Dates: 1943-08 - 1944-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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Photographs relating to JA's wartime mission in Albania, 1943-08 - 1944-08

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Reference Code: GBR/0014/AMEJ 10/19
Scope and Contents From the Series:

Photographs of JA, on subjects including his Second World War mission to Albania (some used in his book "Sons of the Eagle"), and official visits and ministerial photographs, particularly of JA as Secretary of State for Air, Minister of Aviation and Minister of State at the Foreign and Commonwealth Office.

Dates: 1943-08 - 1944-08
Conditions Governing Access: From the Fonds: The majority of the papers are open for consultation by researchers using Churchill Archives Centre, Churchill College, Cambridge, though the constituency papers and some of the correspondence and political papers remain closed.
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